KXTN (1350

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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. The station is owned by Latino Media Network, under the license of Latino Media Network, LLC. The station also broadcasts on

KVBH KVBH (107.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in San Antonio, Texas. The station is owned by Univision and it airs a rhythmic adult contemporary radio format. Studios and offices are located on Network Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio. The trans ...

's HD-2 signal. Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Northwest San Antonio.

History

KCOR first

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in 1946 as a 1,000-

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, owned by Raoul A. Cortez. The original

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contained the first three letters of his last name. The station has been mostly Hispanic-owned and programmed through its seven-plus decades on the air, airing Tejano and

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. In 2003, the station was acquired by Univision Radio, a

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of the top Spanish-language television network in the United States,

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. Univision later switched the format to Spanish-language

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, mostly from its own radio network. On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that KCOR would be one of the charter affiliates of the company's new Spanish-language sports network,

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. The launch occurred in March 2017. From 2014 to 2015, the station had been

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ing the

music format of co-owned KXTN-FM and used the KXTN

. With the switch to sports, the call letters returned to KCOR. In April 2019, KCOR dropped its longtime call sign, as well as the Univision Deportes Network, beginning a

with Tejano

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KXTN-FM KVBH (107.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in San Antonio, Texas. The station is owned by Univision and it airs a rhythmic adult contemporary radio format. Studios and offices are located on Network Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio. The trans ...

, becoming KXTN in the process. On April 12, 2019, at 5:00 p.m., the two stations ended their simulcast, leaving the Tejano format solely on AM 1350 and on an

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subchannel of 107.5, now known as KVBH-HD2. The FM station switched its call letters to KVBH, airing a

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format. On June 3, 2022, Univision announced it would sell a package of 18 radio stations across 10 of its markets, primarily AM outlets in large cities (including KXFN) and entire clusters in smaller markets such as

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, and

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, for $60 million to a new company known as Latino Media Network (LMN); Univision proposes to handle operations for a year under agreement before turning over operational control to LMN in the fourth quarter of 2023.

References

External links

KXTN 107.5 & 1350 FacebookKXTN page at univision.com
{{San Antonio Spurs Hispanic and Latino American culture in San Antonio XTN (AM) XTN (AM) Radio stations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Texas Tejano music